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Dorset Care Record: Allowing colleagues to work more efficiently

Over the past few months, usage of the Dorset Care Record (DCR)  at Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council has been growing strongly. We caught up with Carol Bensley, BCP Council Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) business support officer, who accessed the highest number of records across the DCR partnership last month.

Carol is a firm advocate of the DCR: “I absolutely love using DCR; it makes my job so much easier and allows me and my colleagues to work more efficiently. Whether that’s checking which ward a patient is on in hospital, or even just double checking a home address for someone who is currently unknown to BCP – to ensure that they qualify for the services available. Continue reading “Dorset Care Record: Allowing colleagues to work more efficiently”

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Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP) goes live with Single Sign On for Dorset Care Record

One of our local authority partners, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP), has today introduced Single Sign On for staff accessing Dorset Care Record (DCR) information.

All current DCR users who have access to Mosaic (adult services system) have – since earlier this spring – been able to send demographic information as an electronic feed into the DCR.

Now, they will be able to go straight into the DCR system at a touch of a button. Launching DCR with user and person context will save professionals time, with one click getting to the relevant record. It will ensure that people will have a safe and slick journey through the service and will only have to “tell their story once”. Continue reading “Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP) goes live with Single Sign On for Dorset Care Record”